MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community College held its annual Mathlympics event where local high school students compete in challenging math assessments. The event took place on the MCC Lake Havasu Campus, Friday, April 19. Over 130 students participated from Lake Havasu City, Bullhead City, Mohave Valley, Needles and Parker.
Eight schools participated, including: River Valley High School, Needles High School, Lake Havasu High School, Mohave Accelerated Learning Center, Academy of Building Industries High School, Parker High School, Telesis Preparatory Academy and Mohave High School.
Awards were given to the top scorer from each school, individual levels in subjects, team relay winners and overall top school. This year, once again, the overall top school winner was Lake Havasu High School. This year organizers added a new component where teams got to work together to get as many answers correctly in a relay race style competition.
Overall School Winners:
First: Lake Havasu High School
Second: River Valley High School
Third: Needles High School
Team Relay Winners:
First: Lake Havasu High School
Second: Mohave Accelerated Learning Center (MALC)
Third: Academy of Building Industries High School
Top Scorer from each school:
Lake Havasu High School: Mandee Bielecki
River Valley High School: Taryn Watson
Mohave High School: Zephyr Chavers
Needles High School: Kensley Beals
Parker High School: Anthony Villafana
Mohave Accelerated Learning Center (MALC): Dawson Warren
Telesis Preparatory Academy: Bailen McMullin
Academy of Building Industries High School: Ayden Maglio-Qualey
Individual Level Winners:
Level I: Algebra I
First: Taryn Watson, River Valley High School
Second: Noah Guenther, River Valley High School
Third: Payton Bates, River Valley High School
Level II: Geometry
First: Zephyr Chavers, Mohave High School
Second: Jason Washington, Lake Havasu High School
Third: Robert Summerlin, River Valley High School
Level III: Algebra II
First: Collin Miller, Lake Havasu High School
Second: Bailen McMullin, Telesis Preparatory Academy
Third: Reese Ford, Lake Havasu High School
Level IV: Statistics
First: Japen Patel, Lake Havasu High School
Second: Savanah Primeaux, Lake Havasu High School
Third: Tiana Mitwasi, Lake Havasu High School
Level V: Precalculus
First: Mandee Bielecki, Lake Havasu High School
Second: Anthony Villafana, Parker High School
Third: Justin Lively, River Valley High School
Level VI: Calculus
First: Kensley Beals, Needles High School
Second: Lukas Ware, Lake Havasu High School
Third: Davis Hanline, Needles High School